I know, I know, a very expensive option but its so quiet in the car when the kids are there now, can't use the wireless headsets yet as they are still to young but can't wait for that.
Anyway the question. When they install the thing they have a plug which goes in the aux socket, little thing and liable to get lost, can you buy spares. Also do they make a double plug so i can connect an ipod as well, or do i take the chance with the little plug.
one problem i must confess to is i now know all the lyrics to mary poppins and its driving people mad at work, its on all the time, roll on headphones.
23rd Sep 2005 8:37 pm
croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
Posts: 459
Any idea what it would cost to retro fit?
23rd Sep 2005 8:41 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Thought the DVD player was only available as a dealer fit? (i.e. even if ordered on a new vehicle, the dealer would fit it... if you order it with a new vehicle, you save the fitting charge) I would imagine that they would charge about 4-6 hours to fit
23rd Sep 2005 10:13 pm
10forcash
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Location: Ubique
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DVD kit is part number YIP500280 RHD fitting kit is VUB503820
23rd Sep 2005 10:18 pm
lee01277
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Shed
Posts: 821
Re: Land Rover fit DVD Player
newtolr wrote:
I know, I know, a very expensive option but its so quiet in the car when the kids are there now, can't use the wireless headsets yet as they are still to young but can't wait for that.
Anyway the question. When they install the thing they have a plug which goes in the aux socket, little thing and liable to get lost, can you buy spares. Also do they make a double plug so i can connect an ipod as well, or do i take the chance with the little plug.
one problem i must confess to is i now know all the lyrics to mary poppins and its driving people mad at work, its on all the time, roll on headphones.
On the iPOD racks in gizmo shops, they do a '2 into 1' white plug ................Somewhere in-between my old D3 and what's to come next .........
23rd Sep 2005 10:25 pm
graemem
Member Since: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Borders
Posts: 86
I had a local company (TMC in Leighton Buzzard) fit a VST 8" DVD Player. The whole thing cost £500 including fitting and headphones which are phillips. They made no cuts in the roof, simply removed the existing light cluster and installed in the same space. They also left the old light connectors so that it can be removed in about 5 minutes and the light cluster re-installed.
It was a cracking job done in about 1.5 hours and the wee one loves it so much that we have to use the other car more just to stop her winging about wanting to watch a DVD and spend quality family time together.
23rd Sep 2005 10:53 pm
jollybodger
Member Since: 11 Jul 2005
Location: Marlow, Bucks
Posts: 313
Morning Graemem
If you ever get a chance it would be nice to get a picture of your DVD player. Does it hangdown all the time? WE wondered about getting a dealer fitted DVD, the local garage ( part of the Pendragon Group) were offering one for about £1000 but took out some of the lining!
24th Sep 2005 8:19 am
woodman438
Member Since: 08 May 2005
Location: Herts, UK
Posts: 53
just so you know the little plug that LR plug into the socket is just a dummy bit of plastic to break the ground connection on the socket as the audio is "split" into the loom in the passenger footwell - this is post the socket.
Not wishing to be too technical, but to avoid noise/buzzing when nothing is plugged into the socket it shorts the input to ground to get a silence. This dummy plug just removes the short.
If you loose it, any mini jack will do
See my other post if you want to use this input with an ipod aswell as a DVD playerD3 JB/B V6 HSE + DVD and NAVtv addon, Steps, Tints, PTI
DVD Modified for front screen display, retro gaming unit added and Road Angel installed. Kahn RSC2-22 wheels
24th Sep 2005 2:43 pm
graemem
Member Since: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Borders
Posts: 86
jollybodger wrote:
Morning Graemem
If you ever get a chance it would be nice to get a picture of your DVD player. Does it hangdown all the time? WE wondered about getting a dealer fitted DVD, the local garage ( part of the Pendragon Group) were offering one for about £1000 but took out some of the lining!
Sure, will take some piccies tomorrow and post them. The screen pops down when you want to watch it and you can use the IR headphones (I have two sets in the car) or better still, I brought the output phono leads out from the top of the unit and if you obtain a phono to jack lead you can plug it into the car stereo aux port. Toystory sounds brillant when it is played through the stereo.
26th Sep 2005 10:59 pm
graemem
Member Since: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Borders
Posts: 86
As promised here is the pictures of my DVD player that I had installed by an independent.
The connectors at the back that look like they are hanging were added by me as they are left & right sound out. When I have more than 2 wanting to watch the DVD I plug a jack to phono cable into these sockets and output through the AUX port on the car stereo. There is also a composite (yellow) cable for outputting the picture which if I could be bothered could look at piping through to the satnav screen in the front. The sockets actually in the casing are input so you can attach a games console, camcorder etc.
The brand is VST and the model is 8"tilt. We bought it and had it installed by TMC (The Motor Company) in Leighton Buzzard, they also have premises in Northampton, Milton Keynes and Dunstable.
Looks good but doesn't it (like all similar centrally mounted players) not obscure the rear-view mirror when it's folded down?The End
27th Sep 2005 8:14 pm
jollybodger
Member Since: 11 Jul 2005
Location: Marlow, Bucks
Posts: 313
That's a neat job Graemem. I take it that the two lights take up the loss of the existing light unit that was removed. A silly question but is it quite firmly attached to the ceiling? Was the price for purchase and insertion a special or standard price?
Thanks
27th Sep 2005 8:59 pm
graemem
Member Since: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Borders
Posts: 86
of course, but real lads use the wing mirrors!
27th Sep 2005 9:00 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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graemem wrote:
of course, but real lads use the wing mirrors!
anything behind you is in the past... and therefore not relevant ... unless you're name is
27th Sep 2005 9:03 pm
graemem
Member Since: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Borders
Posts: 86
jollybodger wrote:
That's a neat job Graemem. I take it that the two lights take up the loss of the existing light unit that was removed. A silly question but is it quite firmly attached to the ceiling? Was the price for purchase and insertion a special or standard price?
Thanks
Yeh the lights work when the doors open and close, although you can't independently switch them on if that makes sense. It is supplied with a steel backing plate which is installed in the existing hole where the lighting cluster was and it overlaps the hole internally enough to provide support to the unit which screws into the backing plate with four bolts. This then tightens the whole thing right up and is completely sturdy, you could hang off it and it won't budge. As for price, the unit £400 and installation £100. The headphones were meant to be extra but we got them thrown in but are £20 each in Argos. Other than that there was no other deal done.
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